Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Rosa spp. Plant family: Rosaceae Identification: Roses have…
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Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Bellis perennis Plant family: Asteraceae Identification: Low rosettes…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Plantago major, Plantago lanceolata Plant family: Plantaginaceae Identification:…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Malva sylvestris Plant family: Malvaceae Identification: Tall and…
This February, actually only a day or so after writing my last blog about herbs for anger and rage, the scales completely tipped on my mental health and the overwhelm I experienced triggered a bad mental health episode whereby…
Content warning – references to suicide, self-harm, state violence, imprisonment, cancer Yesterday was a hard day. Back to back calls from friends in prison. News that one of my closest friends, Taylor, had slashed his face open and tried…
>>> Content warning – abuse <<< So I don’t use instagram, I’m on facebook but I check it about once a month. Generally life is pretty intense with prison visits, organising, work and surviving that I don’t often have…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Urtica dioica Plant family: Urticaceae Identification: Broad oval…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Stellaria media Plant family: Caryophyllaceae Identification: Small, white,…
I just wanted to share a call-out for folks to donate towards BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) herbal education organised by Seed, Root and Bloom who describe themselves as “a hood collective gathering to weave healing + justice…
I’m an absolute sucker for goal setting (for any astrology nerds, I have four planets in capricorn, ha!). For years I have been learning herbalism in such an informal way, which has been super powerful. I have followed my…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Taraxacum officinale Plant family: Asteraceae Identification: Dandelions…
While my website may have only just gone live, I actually started the Solidarity Apothecary in May 2018, sharing news about the project on my Empty Cages Design website. This post shares my reflections on the first 10 months…
Just wanted to share a call-out from Dana Woodruff at Dandelioness Herbals: http://dandelionessherbals.blogspot.com/2018/11/support-remedies-without.html Remedies Without Borders/Remedios Sin Fronteras is an herbal medicine-making project supplying humanitarian aid organizations with salves, lip balms, foot powders, and other remedies for those on…
One of my absolute besties, Otter Lieffe, has just launched a new course aimed at herbalists, holistic therapists and anyone involved in complementary healthcare. It’s called Trans Competency for Holistic Therapists. The course is to support practitioners to become…
Toi Scott from the School of Liberation Healing and Medicine who blogs at Queering Herbalism is asking folks to donate towards a crowdfunder for the 5th POC Herbal Freedom School. In Toi’s words: We’re beginning our 5th POC Herbal…
Being a human is funny. We decide to do something, have a delirious moment of clarity and then all of a sudden all of our fears and demons rear their ugly heads. I’ve never had so much doubt about…
I did my first distance learning course in herbal medicine when I was 19 years old. I wanted to do the degree they offer here in the UK but got swept up in a big state repressive operation against…
The second edition of these absolutely beautiful herbal calendars are available to order! The calendars raise funds for Herbalists without Borders Bristol. The HWBB 2019 calendar is a beautiful collection of artwork and herbal recipes. This year the recipes…